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DW868990
Helper IV
3 years ago
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Switch Help when multiple selections, to return single value

Hi,   I have the below switch statement -    ErrorSwitch = SWITCH(     TRUE(),     [PageFilters] = "Product1", 1,     [PageFilters] = "Product1" & "Product2", 2 )   The measure within the...
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    ValtteriN
    3 years ago

    Hi,

    You can expand on the logic e..g:


    Measure 21 =
    var _filter =
    VALUES('Table (9)'[Item])

     

    var _count = COUNTROWS(FILTER('Table (9)','Table (9)'[Item] in {"Peach","Pumpkin","Apple"}))
    return

     

    SWITCH(TRUE(),
    _count=1 && MAX('Table (9)'[Item]) = "Peach",1,
    _count=2,2,
    _count=3,3    )


    The basic idea with switch + true is the following:

    SWITCH(TRUE(),
    Condition1, Result1,
    Condition2, Result2,
    Condition3, Result3,
    ...)

    So you can keep addiding conditions and scenarios to mathc your logic.
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ValtteriN
Community Champion
3 years ago

Hi,

Here is one way to do this:

Measure 21 =
var _filter =
VALUES('Table (9)'[Item])

var _count = COUNTROWS(FILTER('Table (9)','Table (9)'[Item] in {"Peach","Pumpkin"}))
return

SWITCH(TRUE(),
_count=1 && MAX('Table (9)'[Item]) = "Peach",1,
_count=2,2)

 
Here I am filtering a table based on the products I want to evaluate then using countrows to determine how many items are selected in filters. This way If _count =1 and item is "Peach" result is 1 but with item = "Pumpkin" the value is blank. With 2 items the only possible result is 2 since the table only allows for these two values.

You can utilize and expand this logic to solve your issue:


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  • DW868990's avatar
    DW868990
    Helper IV
    3 years ago

    Thank you ValtteriN , nearly there but how does the switch statement when have to select 3 specified items and return a singular value?

    • ValtteriN's avatar
      ValtteriN
      Community Champion
      3 years ago

      Hi,

      You can expand on the logic e..g:


      Measure 21 =
      var _filter =
      VALUES('Table (9)'[Item])

       

      var _count = COUNTROWS(FILTER('Table (9)','Table (9)'[Item] in {"Peach","Pumpkin","Apple"}))
      return

       

      SWITCH(TRUE(),
      _count=1 && MAX('Table (9)'[Item]) = "Peach",1,
      _count=2,2,
      _count=3,3      )


      The basic idea with switch + true is the following:

      SWITCH(TRUE(),
      Condition1, Result1,
      Condition2, Result2,
      Condition3, Result3,
      ...)

      So you can keep addiding conditions and scenarios to mathc your logic.